Section 115TCA of Income Tax Act for AY 2023-24

Section 115TCA of Income Tax Act 1961 as amended by the Finance Act 2022 and Income-tax Rules 1962. Tax on income from securitisation trusts.

Amended and updated notes on section 115TCA of Income Tax Act 1961 as amended by the Finance Act 2022 and Income-tax Rules, 1962. Detail discussion on provisions and rules related to tax on income from securitisation trusts.

Chapter XIIEA (Sections 115TA to 115TCA) of the Income Tax Act 1961 deals with the provisions related to special provisions relating to tax on distributed income by securitisation trusts. Section 115TCA of IT Act 1961-2023 provides for tax on income from securitisation trusts.

Recently, we have discussed in detail section 115TC (Securitisation trust to be assessee in default) of IT Act 1961. Today, we learn the provisions of section 115TCA of Income-tax Act 1961. The amended provision of section 115TCA is effective for financial year 2022-23 relevant to the assessment year 2023-24.

In this article, you will learn detail of the provisions of section 115TCA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 Bare Act read with the Income-tax Rules, 1962, regulations, notifications, circulars, orders and Press Release by CBDT, Income Tax Department and the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India.

Section-115TCA: Tax on income from securitisation trusts

Section 115TCA(1) of Income Tax Act

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, any income accruing or arising to, or received by, a person, being an investor of a securitisation trust, out of investments made in the securitisation trust, shall be chargeable to income-tax in the same manner as if it were the income accruing or arising to, or received by, such person, had the investments by the securitisation trust been made directly by him.

Section 115TCA(2) of Income Tax Act

The income paid or credited by the securitisation trust shall be deemed to be of the same nature and in the same proportion in the hands of the person referred to in sub-section (1), as if it had been received by, or had accrued or arisen to, the securitisation trust during the previous year.

Section 115TCA(3) of Income Tax Act

The income accruing or arising to, or received by, the securitisation trust, during a previous year, if not paid or credited to the person referred to in sub-section (1), shall be deemed to have been credited to the account of the said person on the last day of the previous year in the same proportion in which such person would have been entitled to receive the income had it been paid in the previous year.

Section 115TCA(4) of Income Tax Act

The person responsible for crediting or making payment of the income on behalf of securitisation trust and the securitisation trust shall furnish, within such period, as may be prescribed, to the person who is liable to tax in respect of such income and to the prescribed income-tax authority, a statement in such form and verified in such manner, giving details of the nature of the income paid or credited during the previous year and such other relevant details, as may be prescribed.

Section 115TCA(5) of Income Tax Act

Any income which has been included in the total income of the person referred to in sub-section (1), in a previous year, on account of it having accrued or arisen in the said previous year, shall not be included in the total income of such person in the previous year in which such income is actually paid to him by the securitisation trust.

Explanation: For the purposes of this Chapter,—

(a) “investor” means a person who is holder of any securitised debt instrument or securities or security receipt issued by the securitisation trust;

(b) “securities” means debt securities issued by a Special Purpose Vehicle as referred to in the guidelines on securitisation of standard assets issued by the Reserve Bank of India;

(c) “securitised debt instrument” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (s) of sub-regulation (1) of regulation 2 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Public Offer and Listing of Securitised Debt Instruments) Regulations, 2008 made under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) and the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956);

(d) “securitisation trust” means a trust, being a—

(i) “special purpose distinct entity” as defined in clause (u) of sub-regulation (1) of regulation 2 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Public Offer and Listing of Securitised Debt Instruments) Regulations, 2008 made under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) and the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956), and regulated under the said regulations; or

(ii) “Special Purpose Vehicle” as defined in, and regulated by, the guidelines on securitisation of standard assets issued by the Reserve Bank of India; or

(iii) trust set-up by a securitisation company or a reconstruction company formed, for the purposes of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002), or in pursuance of any guidelines or directions issued for the said purposes by the Reserve Bank of India,

which fulfils such conditions, as may be prescribed.

(e) “security receipt” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (zg) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002).


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